Chasing Heartbreak: A Friends-to-Lovers Romance (Dark Love Series Book 6) by Kat T. Masen

Author:Kat T. Masen [T. Masen, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

KATE

If you stare at the ceiling long enough, your imagination can visualize anything.

I see a beach, waves crashing against the shore with a beautiful sunset setting on the horizon. Then a sprawling countryside, lusciously green, accompanied by the sounds of crickets and other insects basking in the sunlight.

Then my mind switches to chaos—a circle full of animals, loud noises, claps, and cheering with boisterous music and the roar of a lion. More bright colors, fire, complete and utter nonsense.

I haven’t slept.

Turning to my side with my head resting on my hands, the sun begins to rise outside my bedroom window, and just like that, morning is upon us.

My phone call to Noah last night was more than just a phone call to make sure he was okay. It changed everything between us.

Or maybe, just maybe, I’ve been blind to see it wasn’t just that phone call. It has been a series of events leading to that moment.

I hung up out of fear, pushing him away because I don’t know how to handle my emotions. The lack of control in my life is something I struggle with. I’ve never had to factor in anyone else besides myself, and I know myself pretty well. Therefore, life has become somewhat easy to navigate through.

But then he said it should’ve been me.

I tried to picture it, the two of us together four years ago. No matter how I twisted it in my mind, it didn’t fit. We were the best of friends, but being lovers is something I can’t envision. The more I dwell on it, the more I believe he was just hurting, and me being back in his life confused his feelings.

I fell asleep to the sound of traffic, only to wake up a few hours later to the obnoxious toot of a horn. I’ve missed my Saturday yoga class and bypassed my early-morning stroll to the café for coffee and breakfast. Everything is out of whack, and no matter how hard I try, I can’t get him out of my mind.

Spending my Saturday inside the office was my only ticket out of this mess. With my head buried in a forecasting spreadsheet after firing off a dozen emails warning my workers to get their shit together and stop making errors, the sound of my phone startles me.

“Working on a Saturday?” Lex greets, sounding relaxed. “The model employee.”

“I needed to clear my head.”

“I see,” he simply says. “I’ve read your emails, quite the aggressive tone today, Miss Hamilton. Is everything okay?”

Although Lex is technically my boss, our friendship is what makes our union strong. I respect his opinion, given his ability to remove emotion from a situation and think rationally.

“Lex, can I ask you something?”

“You know you can ask me anything.”

“It’s about Noah.”

“I figured as much.”

“Wait, you did?”

“If I’m brutally honest, yes.”

I fall silent, unsure how to ask the question on the tip of my tongue. “How much do you know?”

“I know enough.”

“Oh…”

“Is that your question?”

I wanted to ask more, but all of a sudden, involving Lex seems inappropriate.

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